Wilwood - manual or power - Lateral-g Forums

funkyflynz · #1 10-07-2012, 08:08 PM

Im going to be running 13" rotors 6 piston front, and 12" 4 piston in the rear, will these be big enough to allow me to run manual brakes and not have to stand on the pedal too hard? - 3200lb car, mostly twisty roads.

Ive looked at running a hydra boost but it wont fit without some pretty major modifications, so i plan to run manual, i see a lot of guy here have manual brakes, but at the same time run some pretty big rotors too!

I do have the option of swapping the 13" for a 14" rotor on the front, but its likely i would have to change my wheel plans as the 18x8.5 Foose Nitrous wheel i have for the front run a "hidden" valve that i think will hit the caliper if i go 14" rotors.

So in short - are 13" rotors ok in a street car with manual brakes for hard and fast driving?

Thanks

**Flash68** · #2 10-07-2012, 08:33 PM

I ran 13"/6P front and 12"/P rear in a 3300# car with manual brakes and liked it a lot.

Vegas69 · #3 10-07-2012, 10:45 PM

I also ran this set up and it was fine. Not anywhere factory car assist though.

**Sieg** · #4 10-07-2012, 11:36 PM

I run Kore 3 C5 13" up front with 7/8" bore manual and HP Plus pads and prefer the feel of a manual master, in part to my motorcycle background. I run a 245/18 200tw front tire and can lock them at 40 mph or less if desired. Basically I have more brake than available traction.